Judge orders longer-term nationwide block on Trump orders on transgender
youth health care
[March 05, 2025]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge extended a nationwide block
Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s executive orders halting federal
funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender
people under age 19.
The judge’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf
of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege their
health care has already been compromised by the president’s orders.
A national group for family of LGBTQ+ people and a doctors organization
are also plaintiffs in the court challenge, one of more than 100
lawsuits opposing a slew of executive orders Trump has issued as he
seeks to reverse the policies of former President Joe Biden.
The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson in
Baltimore, a Biden nominee, keeps enforcement of the orders on hold
while the case plays out, though the administration is expected to
appeal.
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Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would
strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender
identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP
Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
 Several hospitals across the country
halted such care for minors in the days after Trump's order to avoid
losing federal funding.
Another judge in Seattle has also blocked the orders in four states
in a separate lawsuit filed by a group of Democratic-led states.
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